Materials

Recommended materials and links.

Substrate official

• repository: https://github.com/paritytech/substrate - full codebase, which might be useful for seeking examples or diving into details

• tutorials: https://docs.substrate.io/tutorials/ - it may be helpful to take a quick skim or to find detailed instructions for basic operations

• glossary: https://docs.substrate.io/reference/glossary/ - check here all the new words and concepts that might sound enigmatic

• general reference: https://docs.substrate.io/reference/

• technical specification: https://spec.polkadot.network/id-polkadot-protocol

• rust docs: https://paritytech.github.io/substrate/master - if you prefer this kind of reference

• substrate-node-template: https://github.com/substrate-developer-hub/substrate-node-template - simplified example of a Substrate application; however, it differs significantly from our adaptation

• video introduction to Substrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6BBIr-DmI4

• Substrate Dev Academy: https://github.com/Cardinal-Cryptography/rust-substrate-bootcamp/blob/main/academy/materials.md - alternative course

• playground: https://substrate.io/developers/playground/ - web environment for playing with Substrate; we didn't test it yet, but maybe it's worth checking

• Substrate seminar: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/substrate-seminar/ & https://www.youtube.com/@ParityTech/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=3 - some of them are really worth watching (especially Michał's talk about Aleph 😉), but some are either out-of-date or not so good

Aleph materials

• onboarding repository: https://github.com/cardinal-Cryptography/onboarding-aleph-node - this is the one that we will be working with

• main repository: https://github.com/cardinal-Cryptography/aleph-node

• internal Substrate documentation: https://www.notion.so/cardinalcryptography/Substrate-Documentation - contains quite a lot of detailed guides, descriptions and case studies

• internal tutorial on PolkadotUI: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LRFLNMicGYR85tb7ARzUpcI-kaX8pvAd/view?usp=sharing

• internal sessions on Substrate (and other, not necessarily related stuff): https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1uL2jXFyfVkURYeeVjAdmoxm7F0fFEWyo - a small collection of recordings, where other Aleph developers give speeches about particularly interesting topics

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